Definition of car bomb
: an explosive device concealed in an automobile for use as a weapon of terrorism
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Typically, once the classroom portion of the course has ended, the agency will blow up a car on a demolition range using a real car bomb, and the students will comb the range afterward for parts and pieces of the device that exploded.
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Authorities say Perez used similar materials in a car bombing two weeks before the mosque fire.
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Prominent Russians to have been murdered in Kiev include journalist Pavel Sheremet, who was killed in a car bomb in 2016, and ex-Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov, who was shot dead in 2017.
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A few hours later, in the southern Kandahar province, a suicide car bomb targeting a NATO convoy killed 11 children from a nearby religious school, police said.
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The drink highlights include Irish coffees and car bombs ($8), Guinness and Harp pints ($7.50) and Jameson and Powers whiskey shots ($7).
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While Nicholson said that the number of car bombs in Kabul had decreased, the local ISIS affiliate had increased the number of suicide bomber attacks against civilians.
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Photo: Zhuang Jin/Xinhua/Associated Press A car bomb kills 8 at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta.
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Police said the father detonated a car bomb; the two sons, ages 16 and 18, reportedly used motorcycles rigged to explode; and the mother and two daughters, ages 9 and 12, wore explosives on their bodies, the BBC reported.
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First Known Use of car bomb
1923
CAR BOMB Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of car bomb for English Language Learners
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: a bomb that is hidden inside or underneath a vehicle
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